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Hot Hits
Lewis Black
StrathmoreSun. Apr 14 Known as the king of the rant, Lewis Black uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and animated finger-pointing to skewer anything and anyone that gets under his skin.
Confection
Folger Shakespeare LibraryMar. 21 – 24 Third Rail Projects’ newest immersive experience, Confection, is a rollicking rumination on opulence, inequity, and teeny-tiny desserts. In this 45-minute experience.
Grand Hotel, The Musical
Signature TheatreApr. 2 – May. 19 At the bustling Grand Hotel a series of eclectic guests and staff including a fading ballerina, a destitute baron, a wannabe-starlet typist, and an ailing bookkeeper collide in a non-stop musical toast to the high life.
Antonio Sánchez
AMP by StrathmoreThu. Apr 4 Drummer and composer Antonio Sánchez is riding the crest of a musical wave that began with his Golden Globe and BAFTA-nominated score for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).
Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton with members of the National Philharmonic
StrathmoreSat. Apr 6 Fischer and her band return to Strathmore, this time for a fully orchestrated performance.
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra: Cosmic Depth
StrathmoreSun. Mar 31 From Maryland’s capital to the Music Center, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra (ASO) shares memorable symphonic music in this afternoon program.
The Triplets of Belleville Cine-Concert
StrathmoreThu. Apr 18 The animated French feature The Triplets of Belleville & Charest are back; with Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville, he recreates live the original score as the film itself is beamed onto the big screen.
Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant
StrathmoreWed. Apr 24 The set list for Alan Cumming’s provocative new concert show is as eclectic and idiosyncratic as Cumming himself.
The Portland Cello Project - Performs Radiohead's OK Computer
AMP by StrathmoreSun. Mar 24 Portland Cello Project presents a thrilling performance of the album Rolling Stone Magazine called a “stunning art-rock tour de force.”
Eliot Chang
AMP by StrathmoreFri. Mar 29 Now is your chance to experience Chang’s comedy live at AMP!
Tinsley Ellis & Coco Montoya
AMP by StrathmoreTue. Mar 26 Two of blues’ finest players share AMP’s stage.
Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Signature TheatreThru Apr. 7 Heidi Thomas Writers’ Initiative work, a brutal and elegant exploration of the unifying virtue of art and what things are most worth saving when the world is collapsing.
Spotlights
Direct Current: Bon Iver & TU Dance's Come Through
The Kennedy CenterMon. Mar 25
Philharmonix
Sixth & ISat. May 4
Chucho Valdés
Sixth & ISat. Apr 6
Direct Current: TU Dance + Bon Iver's Come Through
The Kennedy CenterMon. Mar 25
Broadway Center Stage: Tommy
The Kennedy CenterApr. 25 – 28
Jay Leno
The Kennedy CenterFri. Apr 26
Love's Labor's Lost
Folger TheatreApr. 30 – Jun. 9
San Francisco Symphony
The Kennedy CenterSat. Mar 23
Shakespeare's Birthday
Folger TheatreSun. Apr 14
Direct Current: National Symphony Orchestra: Glass's Itaipu & Auerbach's ARCTICA
The Kennedy CenterMar. 28 – 30
Tastes of the Mediterranean
Folger TheatreMar. 29 – 31
Direct Current: Phantom Limb Company: Falling Out
The Kennedy CenterApr. 4 – 5
